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"My 16 year old son is one of a kind the one most mothers of teenage daughters would love to have if teen pregnancy was an issue. He works and goes to school straight A student. He did however get his girlfriend pregnant. But he has stepped up and took the...
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The writer Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914?) had some interesting thoughts on love, marriage and gender in his famous Devil's Dictionary.
HUSBAND, n.
One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
BAIT, n.
A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
LOVE, n.
A temporary insanity curable by marriage
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West Virginia University has once again been named “number 1 party school” by the Princeton Review. School administrators say they are disappointed, because they have been trying to curb underage drinking and rowdy behavior. The school has made the list seven times in the past fifteen years. WVU senior Katie O’Hara says the school...
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Babar Ghauri, Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, has told reporters at a press conference that an investigative team has been formed to look into the causes of a suspicious fire two days ago at the Karachi office of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC). One office worker was killed and four firefighters were...
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“Pro-Family” Politicians
In my last article, “Hillary Cannot Be President,” I asserted that no Oval Office contender -- Republican or Democrat -- represents the interests of men. The punishment for ignoring the male half of the population should be total failure on the campaign trail. If one of them succeeds in reaching the White House,...
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My latest His Side with Glenn Sacks radio commentary for KLAA AM 830 in Los Angeles concerns former Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti. Garcetti, an enemy of fathers who should be sitting in a prison cell alongside Duke prosecutor Mike Nifong, recently had the gall to lecture Los Angeles on the 'ethical challenges'...
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August 21, 2007 — Fifteen former officials of Saddam Hussein’s regime went on trial today at the Iraqi High Tribunal for their alleged role in crushing a Shi’ite rebellion in 1991. Following the 1991 Gulf War, in which a U.S.-led alliance drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, Shi’a in southern and central Iraq rose...
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August 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) — An international media freedom watchdog has criticized a decision by Russia’s Bolshoye Radio to stop broadcasting the BBC’s World Service programs in the Russian language. The management of Bolshoye Radio said on August 17 that it would no longer broadcast the BBC’s World Service programs. It was the only...
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Opposition activist and independent journalist Larisa Arap was discharged from a mental hospital in Apatity near Murmansk on August 20 and sent into outpatient care, unnamed hospital officials were quoted by Interfax as saying. The officials added that she was hospitalized in July “because of our earlier concerns about Arap’s condition. We had to...
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Once again, the burden of responsibility to help maintain America’s liberty rests upon the shoulders of the men in the pulpits. That should not surprise us, because it has always been this way. Part of what made America great was old fashioned, tell-it-like-it-is, no-nonsense preaching. Most of what we hear today is a bunch...
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August 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) — Former Soviet states this week mark the 16th anniversary of the 1991 putsch that triggered the collapse of the Soviet Union, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reported. Between August 19 and 22, 1991, a group of communist hard-liners attempted to overthrow Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and roll back democratic reforms. The...
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August 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) — A journalist and opposition activist who was forcibly hospitalized in a Russian psychiatric clinic is claiming that she was beaten, drugged, and an attempt was made on her life during her internment. Larisa Arap was released on August 20 after being held for 46 days against her will in...
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By Vahid Sepehri August 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) — The reformist Iranian newspaper “Etemad” has described a renewed “round of attacks” on senior clerics regarded as moderately conservative or reformist. The allegations coincide with verbal salvoes and a threatened lawsuit against the moderate ex-President Mohammad Khatami, and they suggest increasingly bitter partisanship in the run-up...
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By Jan Jun LONDON, August 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) — Conflicts among the “Abrahamic faiths” of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have shaped the history and culture of much of the world for centuries. But a new exhibition at London’s British Library is highlighting their similarities in a bid to promote mutual respect and understanding. “We...
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Quarterback Michael Vick plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges involving an illegal dogfighting operation yesterday. Arthur Blank, the owner of the Atlanta Falcons, told the NFL Network he is, “not really surprised” by the news of his quarterback’s plea. “From a personal standpoint, he’s doing the right thing…That’s been my counsel to him some...
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The remains of the last missing person following the bridge collapse in Minneapolis were recovered on Monday. The official death toll now stands at 13, following the collapse nearly three weeks ago. All recovery efforts have now been stopped. The remains of Gregory Jolstad were found yesterday. Jolstad, nicknamed “Jolly,” was a member of...
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After gaining strength in the western Caribbean last night, Hurricane Dean made landfall as a Category 5 storm on Mexico’s Yucatan coast at about 4:30 a.m. this morning (EDT). The storm struck just north of Chetumal, the capital of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. However, hurricane-force winds were felt over 60 miles away...
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Three soldiers of the Italian part of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan, ISAF, were injured while their helicopter was performing an emergency landing. The Italian Ministry of Defense reported that the soldiers are not in a serious condition, and they are currently hospitalized at a French field hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The helicopter,...
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A huge political storm has erupted around Australia after labor leader Kevin Rudd was found to have gone to a strip club during a taxpayer funded trip. This caused many people to ask their country’s politicians. John Key, leader of New Zealand’s National Party, has openly admitted to visiting a strip club after being...
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A huge political storm has erupted around Australia after labor leader Kevin Rudd was found to have gone to a strip club during a taxpayer funded trip. This caused many people to ask their country’s politicians. John Key, leader of New Zealand’s National Party, has openly admitted to visiting a strip club after being...
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